This document provides an introduction and overview of a webinar on implementing green economies through regional development planning. It introduces the International Spatial Planning Centre (ISPC) and its experts Prof. Dr. Einhard Schmidt-Kallert and Dr. Karin Gaesing. It then discusses the SPRING program for regional development planning and management offered jointly by universities in Germany, Ghana, the Philippines, Tanzania and Chile. The webinar will focus on using regional planning approaches to link protected areas to their surrounding environments and communities in a sustainable way through examples like eco-tourism and renewable energy projects. Participants are encouraged to continue the discussion in an online forum and jointly publish case studies.

1. Welcome to our Webinar
on
Implementing Green Economy
through Regional Development
Planning
Prof. Dr. Einhard Schmidt-Kallert
Dr. Karin Gaesing
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2. Who are we ?
International Spatial Planning Centre
(ISPC) offering:
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Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing
Economies
Award: “Master of Science in Regional
Development Planning and Management”
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3. Who are we ?
Prof. Dr. Einhard Dr. Karin Gaesing
Schmidt-Kallert Organiser of the Summer
ISPC Head School + Manager of the
Webinar
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4. Who are we ?
Expertise
in:
• Participatory land use
• Regional Rural planning
Development
• Balancing livelihood
Planning
and biodiversity
• Rural-urban linkages conservation
• Migration • Natural resource
• Balancing livelihood management
and biodiversity • Gender integration
conservation
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SPRING – a short introduction
The SPRING programme follows a
holistic approach, based on sustainable,
integrated, participatory planning
philosophy
SPRING educates planners who are
“managers” of the whole planning
process
SPRING education follows the planning
cycle (analysis, planning, implementation)
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SPRING – a short introduction
SPRING is an international postgraduate programme
leading to a joint Master of Science in
Regional Development Planning and Management
The SPRING programme is a two-year course. The
first year is conducted in Dortmund (or in Kumasi)
followed by a second year at one of the partner
universities in the Global South.
Each partner university represents a different
specialisation.
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SPRING is jointly offered by:
TU Dortmund (1st year), Faculty of Spatial
Planning, Dortmund, Germany (since 1984)
KNUST (1st year), Department of Planning,
Kumasi, Ghana (since 1985)
University of Philippines, SURP,
Manila, Philippines (since 1996)
ARDHI University Tanzania, ARU,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (since 2003)
Universidad Austral de Chile, UACH
Valdivia, Chile (since 2006)
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The SPRING Planning Network
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The SPRING Planning Network
Dortmund
Kumasi
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The SPRING Planning Network
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11. Green Economy – What is new?
we are reaching planetary limits, not just in terms
of greenhouse gas emissions but also in our use of
water, land, forests and other natural resources.
The environmental and social costs of our current
economic model are becoming more and more
apparent.
the global recession has led to a reconsideration of
key tenets of the current economic model – such
as the primacy of growth
(Manish Bapna and John Talberth , World Resources
Institute, April 2011)
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12. Green Economy – What is new?
Green Economy
− provides an alternative vision for growth
and development;
− can generate growth and improvements
in people’s lives in ways consistent with
sustainable development.
− promotes a triple bottom line: sustaining
and advancing economic, environmental
and social well-being.
(Manish Bapna and John Talberth , World Resources
Institute, April 2011)
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13. Our Focus
Protected Areas (P.A.s)
embedded in their environment:
− adjacent communities, district,
region, nation
− spatial
− social, environmental, economic
− administrative, institutional
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14. Implementing Green Economy through
Regional Development Planning
Situation around P.A.s:
− often structurally weak remote areas
− poor people depending on natural resources
(fire wood, charcoal, wood for construction,
NTFP, grazing ground, …)
− large scale timber extraction
− encroachment, degradation, fragmentation
− relationship between P.A. and communities
often distant: two separate worlds
− adequate laws, but low compliance
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15. What can Regional Development
Planning provide?
− solution to multi-faceted problems can only be
holistic and multi-disciplinary
− local development activities need coordinated
support (infrastructure, market, training,
regulations, credit, etc.)
− only stakeholder dialogue and integrated
planning for biodiversity conservation and
livelihood needs can deal with the two issues in
a holistic way and design strategies for a
sustainable future of both
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16. Regional planning: From „plan-making“
towards process management
Conventional statutory planning:
Regional plans are intended to guide long-
term spatial development in the following
way:
1. They designate central places
2. They determine development axes for
transportation and infrastructure
3. They designate areas in which certain
goals should have priority
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17. New Paradigms of Regional Planning
The real assets of a region are the actors within the
region, their resources and the specific regional
culture of cooperation, communication and
competition.
The core of regional development and spatial
planning is no longer the elaboration of plans and
programmes. Regional development must promote
the realisation of planning goals by supporting the
cooperation between different stakeholders, from
public administration, the private sector and civil
society.
Planning and acting in networks is especially
important at the regional level.
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18. New Paradigms of Regional
Planning
Regional planning attempts to coordinate the
planning activities of all the numerous participants
within a limited territorial unit.
It deals with housing and the
settlement
the economy
pattern
demography
organisations
social and and institutions
cultural life
and the natural
infrastructure environment
within the region
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19. New Paradigms in Regional Planning
Above all regional planning is about the
people who live in the area.
People as individuals, as households,
people in enterprises and in organisations
and institutions.
People with their dreams, their
aspirations, their values and their goals.
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20. Some characteristics of good regional
planning
Good planning
is bottom up, i.e. it is initiated by the local people
up
or their representatives. If it is started by a
government body like a planning board or a land
consolidation agency, there must be a mandate by
the local people.
is participatory, i.e. all important stakeholders
participatory
within the area have a say in the elaboration of the
plan and are continuously consulted
is action-oriented, i.e. there must be a close link
oriented
between planning and implementation, and there
must be a step by step approach to complex
development, there must be a package of projects
which can be implemented immediately
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21. Regional Development Planning - linking
Protected Areas and their environment
The Zoning Concept
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22. Implementing Green Economy through
Regional Development Planning:
examples for P.A.s
− Community based eco tourism
− Utilisation of renewable
energies for new industries and
infrastructures
− Climate friendly building
− Alternative income generation
measures and sustainability
− Institutional development
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23. Webinar as a Forum for Exchange
− First webinar (24th Sept.):
introduction of organisers, topic
and opportunities
− Group ‚Green Planning‘ Forum:
introducing your examples;
discussion and exchange about
them
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24. Webinar as a Forum for Exchange, ctd.
− Second webinar (11th Nov.):
lessons learnt and action plans of
summer school participants will be
presented; questions can be asked
− Group ‚Green Planning‘ features
examples
− Publication in Rural21 planned
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25. How to continue?
− Present your solutions / experiences in
the Forum
− Jointly choose relevant examples for
publication in Rural 21
− Give feedback on implementation of
your action plans
− Find supporters for your action plans
− Establish strong professional networks
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26. Thank you and see you again soon!
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